Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

Yes definately. I quit sugar yesterday and stopped needing antacids for the first time in 30yrs. and that took some of the stress off of me. I'd been wondering for a long time if there was something wrong with me because I would get heart burn after almost everything I ate. It's amazing the effect that sugar has on our bodies. Also getting rid of the sugar made me feel calmer. I had to quit drinking Pepsi with caffeine in it a long time ago, it made me feel like I was constantly on the verge of a heart attack. I can handle a little caffeine now but not alot. I haven't noticed the other things you mentioned bothering me though. I found out today that cigarettes cause anxiety too. I'm working on quitting that but it's alot harder than giving up sugar.

^--- If you need any moral support for the smoking thing, you can talk to me any time.

In regards to caffeine, I've always been hyper-sensitive to it, so I hardly ever have any. If I do, it's usually in a cup of tea. In the RARE occasions I buy an energy drink, a 12 oz can will usually last me around 7 hours (no exaggeration) haha.

me too Mosesport! I am realizing that pasta brings on excessive anxiety. Like tonight for example...I had chili spaghetti and my heart pounded out of my chest for 3 hours! Now I have a headache! I went from regular Pepsi to caffine free, but I still think the sugar content affects my anxiety. I was a serious morning coffee drinker, but I cut that down too. This anxiety thing SUCKS!

Wow, I feel alone. I drink a minimum of 16 cups of black coffee a day. Taking it away from me is what would cause me anxiety. Heck,
I wash down my sleeping pill with my last cup of the day and take my morning med with my first.

it never used to, but since i started getting panic attacks, yes i cant eat french fries from bk or mcdonalds, i cant drink any kind of soda,and ive also quit smoking because they all cause me to have panic attacks

I stopped drinking caffeine altogether a year ago or so. I had quit coffee before then yet was still drinking soda. But after being in an environment with minimal caffeine, the first soda I had sent me off the wall. I was hyper and anxious for about 5 hours off of half a soda, all while sitting in a car, practically losing my mind. Shortly after that incident, whenever I tried drinking any sort of caffeine I just got anxious to the point where I was freaking out and couldn't really concentrate on my curriculum. So that was the end of caffeine for me. Sometimes it can be hard to resist caffeine in some social settings, such as at a cafe. But there's usually a decaf option. Even if there isn't, there's always water which is probably better for us all in the long run anyway.

Yes, I used to drink alot more tea --mostly green (which has more caffeine) or coffee when I was working but now I have cut down. Before I would go on any trips out of town (my anxiety/panic is high in the car) I would cut back on my caffeine about 3 or 4 days beforehand, otherwise it would make it worse. I also noticed that when I eat a lot of cereal (carbs/sugar) before I drive, my anxiety is worse. Last week when I fasted from food for a whole day, I noticed I was so much calmer and felt like I didn't have any anxiety at all. It's amazing how certain foods /drinks can make us feel .

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